Posted by rayww on August 18, 2005, at 1:29:18
In reply to Do you believe Christians that die from suicide -, posted by kerria on August 17, 2005, at 10:19:59
Yes. I believe they can eventually go to heaven.
Mormons believe God has said, "this is my work and my glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man". God has stated on several occasions that He is capable of doing his own work. His work is the work of salvation, and He is capable of seeing to it that we all make it. He gives us each our portion of life, some have it harder than others, but we each have it hard. Without God's Grace not one of us could possibly succeed. If we could just look to him and hang onto life we could make it through the rough spots. He is capable of getting us through. Our life is His problem.
We come to earth in agency, free to choose good over evil for a purpose. There must be opposition to all things. Even in the garden there was an opposition, presented to Adam and Eve by Satan, and if they hadn't chosen the oposing path, none of us would have been born. The fall was essential to have the need for the atonement. It set the plan into motion, and we are still in it with God.
God has a plan for us, and likes to choose when our life begins and ends. That's why he places sexual sin right up there next to murder in seriousness, and why suicide is considered murder by God. Suicide is difficult to define. Is the careless action of one any less suicide than the deliberate? And, what about prolonging life beyond one's natural time? Only God can be the judge. God is perfect, and so is his justice and mercy. He can bring you to peace on the matter if you seek him in prayer.
My opinion is that all people who die, whether they were good or bad, meet God on their first stop, (go home to that God who gave them life) and then they are sorted, the righteous go to a place of rest, and the wicked to another place to await the resurrection and final judgement. Choices can still be made, and must be made, but will be more difficult there than they would be here.
I don't want to say anything that might encourage another person to comit suicide, yet at the same time keep a balance for loved ones of those who have already. People need to realize that life doesn't end with suicide, you go on, and the first thought after would be one of deep regret I am sure.
God has promised that he won't let our life go unnoticed, that with every problem, will be an escape, that we may be able to bear it. We need to hang onto life, it is our greatest gift. Adam fell that man might be, and man is that he might have joy.
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